Student-Centered Coaching

Objectives

• Understand the role of co-planning in coaching
• Explore ways to embed formative assessment into classroom instruction
• Analyze traits of effective student-centered coaches

Tools & Strategies for Co-planning

4 A's Protocol

• What Assumptions does the author of the text hold?
• What do you Agree with in the text?
• What do you want to Argue with in the text?
• What parts of the text do you want to Aspire to?

Design your own Planning Tool

• How you will stay organized when planning (googledocs, notebook, etc.)?
• What’s the instructional framework that is used by the teacher/school?
• What powerful questions will you ask?
• How will you use student work at the front end of your planning session?
• How will you differentiate for students?

Coaching in the Classroom

Where am I with Co-Teaching?

• I'm having a hard time getting into classrooms
• I'm in classrooms but struggling to get beyond observation & modeling
• We're in there together but I'm more of a resource than a coach
• It's going well. How can I take it to the next level?

Embedding Formative Assessment: What language will help me coach into Checks for Understanding?

Traits of Effective Student-Centered
Coaches

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